Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

  • TransFORM

    TransFORM: Missional Community Formation from TransFORM on Vimeo.   Cool video about forming a missional community and church planting.

  • Belief and parable make “Lost” a unique and singularly spiritual show without peer. Inspired by an article by Peter Carey, I explore the profound that is woven into the fabric of the show.

  • Bartimaeus

    This Sunday was my first opportunity to preach at my new parish.  And what gospel do I get, but one of the deepest, most revealing stories in Mark–and therefore one of the most difficult. But in my wrestling with this pericope, something was awoken within me.  Something that still has me wrestling. My homily wasn’t…

  • In light of the long evolution of our theology, the troubled and inconsistent history of the Sacrament of Confirmation I was struck on Sunday by our needs for an evolution in the practice of Confirmation.

  • Ken Robinson discusses the negative effect of our academic interests on creativity.  Exceptional work. Visit here. Kudos go to Nate Dawson for posting it here.

  • In Diana Butler Bass’s new book, the author tackles a worthy endeavor–placing the small voices that helped direct the history of the church into their proper and influential context–is an important and worthy practice for our church. The deft way with which Butler Bass navigates this potentially divisive approach makes this one of the most…